AOC Rips GOP and Shows Us What Having a Friend’s Back Looks Like
(CNN)The Republican-led House of Representatives voted on Thursday to pass a resolution to remove Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar from the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee.
House Republicans have argued Omar should not serve on the committee in light of past statements she has made related to Israel that in some cases been criticized by members of both parties as antisemitic. Democrats have criticized the push to oust Omar, arguing it amounts to an act of political revenge and that the Minnesota Democrat has been held accountable for her past remarks. The party-line vote was 218 to 211. GOP Rep. David Joyce of Ohio voted “present.”
Omar was defiant in a floor speech ahead of the vote. “My leadership and voice will not be diminished if I am not on this committee for one term. My voice will get louder and stronger,” she said…
https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/02/politics/house-vote-ilhan-omar-committees/index.html
Then AOC rose to speak against the resolution in defense of her friend:
We need more of this kind of passion in the messaging Democrats are offering the American electorate…
02/04/2023 @ 12:50 pm
“Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., had faced a handful of GOP defections, but by Thursday he and his team had whipped GOP members back in line, and 218 Republicans voted to back the resolution condemning Omar for past antisemitic comments and removing her from the committee.”
This is the commentary from Scott Wong and posted by CNBC. The choice of action verb “whipped” is more telling than any inferences made by Rep Ilhan Omar.
02/04/2023 @ 5:32 pm
An interesting assessment Jayne…
Thanks…
03/15/2023 @ 3:08 pm
AOC is right: Marjorie Taylor-Greene’s treatment puts the lie to the concern about Rep. Ilhan Omar.
I’m not saying Omar hasn’t said anything antisemitic. She absolutely has. But to take a Democratic woman of color to task for it while promoting one of their own who has said worse about Jews is crap. It’s hypocrisy. It’s exactly how AOC calls it.
03/15/2023 @ 4:17 pm
Apricity
whoa
AOC!